Viacheslav Malakhov
- Criminal Code
- Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
- Case category
- Anti-war cases
- Verdict
- Ban on activity, Imprisonment (general regime)
- Sentence
- 2 years
- Date of verdict
- 2024-10-24
- Region
- Moscow
- City
- Moscow
- Address for letters
- 127055, г. Москва, ул. Новослободская д. 45, ФКУ СИЗО-2 УФСИН России по г. Москве ("Бутырка"), Малахов Вячеслав Игоревич, 1985 г.р.
Recognition by human rights organisations
- Recognised as a political prisonerby Memorial: Support for Political Prisoners, 19 February 2024
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Case summary
He is a poet, an author of lyrics and a musician of the group Pre-revolutionary Counsellor (the participants describe the genre of the project as “literary steam-punk variety”). On 31 January 2024, the apartment where Malakhov stayed during his visit to Moscow was searched in a case of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, and he was detained. On 2 February, the court ordered that he be taken into custody. Before that, the defence offered the investigation to ask the court for a different measure of restriction, but the investigation refused, explaining, in particular, that Malakhov is a native of Ukraine. On 24 October 2024, Malakhov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony. On 20 August 2025, he was released from the colony.
Others charged under Article 280.3 part 1, Russian Criminal Code
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